G.K. Practice Test: Question Set - 02

2. The two
principles monuments of Alaud-din Khilji's reign - the Jama at Kana Masjid and
Alai Darwaza - were constructed at

(A) Agra

(B) Delhi

(C) Dhar

(D) Gulbarga

Answer: Option B

3. The Uprising
of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by

(A) S.N. Sen

(B) R.C.
Mazumdar

(C) B.G. Tilak

(D) V.D. Savakar

Answer: Option D

4. The treaty
of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and

(A) Robert Clive

(B) Cornwallis

(C) Dalhousie

(D) Warren
Hastings

Answer: Option B

5. We hear of
two envoys being sent to the Roman kings, one in 27-28 AD to the court of
Augustus and the other in 110-20 AD to the court of

(A) Cartius

(B) Trajan

(C) Nero

(D) Brutus

Answer: Option B

6. To which
professions earlier leaders who struggled for freedom of India mainly belonged?

(A) Lawyers

(B) Teachers

(C) Journalists

(D) All of the
above

Answer: Option D

7. Two of the
great Mughals wrote their own memories. There were

(A) Babar
and Humayun

(B) Humayun
and Jahangir

(C) Babar and
Jahangir

(D) Jahangir
and Shahjahan

Answer: Option C

8. The
Timariots Governors and the Revenue Contractors, on their part reason in this
manner: "Why should the neglected state of this land create uneasiness in
our minds and why should we expend our money and time to render it fruitful? We
may be deprived of it in a single moment, and our exertions would benefit
neither ourselves nor our children." This statement was made by

(A) Monserrate

(B) Tavernier

(C) Manrique

(D) Bernier

Answer: Option D

9. Visakhadatta
sketches the event after the death of Samudragupta in his work

(A) Mudrarakasam

(B) Devi Chand Guptam

(C) Mrichekakatika

(D) Malavikagnimitra

Answer: Option A

10. To meet the
educational needs of the people, the Madarasa-I Nasiri was built in the region
of